NEW DELHI: Politicians, imprisoned for alleged crimes, are typically greeted by unruly celebrations by their supporters when they get bail, leading to inconvenience to the public. In what could be a cautionary tale for them, SC Tuesday took a serious view of the practice and threatened to cancel the bail it had granted to an…
KOLKATA: Academics and intellectuals in Kolkata condemned Tuesday a call by All India Minority Federation for the removal of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s bust from the 114-year-old Baker Hostel in the city.Baker Hostel, where Mujibur Rahman stayed between 1942 and 1947 as a student of Maulana Azad College (earlier Islamia College), houses…
NEW DELHI: In an important ruling, Supreme Court Tuesday held that the conventional idea ‘bail is the rule, jail is an exception’ should be applicable not only to IPC offences but also to others for which special statutes like Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act have been enacted if the conditions prescribed under that law are fulfilled.While…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission will hold consultations with the Union home secretary Wednesday to assess the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of scheduling assembly polls in the Union Territory, besides discussing the possible challenges and concerns as well as availability of security forces.Some key concerns likely to come up during the deliberations…
President Joe Biden Tuesday said he would attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in January in case the Republican presidential candidate wins this year’s election. “I have good manners, not like him,” Biden told reporters after being asked if he’d attend. Trump did not attend Biden’s inauguration in 2021. It was the first time in over 150…
JAMMU: A gunfight between security forces and terrorists was reported Tuesday evening in Assar of J&K’s Doda district, signalling the spread of terrorism to previously unaffected areas in the Jammu region.Assar, located about 91km from Doda town via NH244 and 40km from Patnitop in Udhampur district, has remained untouched by terrorist violence this summer.The Army’s…
JAMMU: Ahead of Independence Day, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar visited forward locations of Counter Insurgency Force (Delta) in J&K’s Doda and Kishtwar districts Tuesday and exhorted officers of all ranks to maintain the tempo of anti-terror operations to ensure security of ongoing and upcoming national events in the region.In light…
As the curtains close on the successful 2024 Paris Olympics, attention now shifts to the upcoming Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. However, beyond that, the race for hosting the 2036 Olympics is already heating up, with several countries preparing their bids to bring the world’s biggest sporting event to their cities. The global…
San Francisco residents in the South of Market (SoMa) neighbourhood are experiencing an unexpected disturbance due to the presence of driverless Waymo taxis. What initially seemed like a quiet, high-tech addition to the community has turned into a source of frustration as the autonomous vehicles have begun honking incessantly, especially during late-night hours.Here’s a detailed…
Google Pixel 9 series is now official. The tech giant has launched the Google Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL in India with a suite of AI features across productivity apps and the camera. This will be the first Pixel smartphone that will run Gemini Nano multimodal AI model on device….
